2016 Postmortem

HeartachesNhangovers

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26. Gavin Newsom was my Board of Sups rep and later

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 01:17 PM

Dec 2016

the mayor when I lived in San Francisco. I will say that you will not find a more ambitious person than Gavin Newsom. He has been cooling his heels for the last 2 terms as Jerry Brown's lt. governor in CA (a do-nothing position). So at this point, Mr. Newsom is a former big-city mayor. I have to imagine that San Francisco is a pretty easy city to manage since it is a 100% Democratic town with a flood of property tax revenue coming in from properties that have all exploded in value in the last 30 years. So I would also consider Mr. Newsom to be a bit of a light-weight at this point. He needs to be successful in a big-time position before anyone will know whether he could handle being president. Remember that even the CA governor doesn't actually have to deal with any political opposition since Dems control the entire legislature and hold all state-wide offices.

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Democrats Have Mixed Feelings on 2020 Field [View all] geek tragedy Dec 2016 OP

I would love to see Franken get a bigger platform.. vi5 Dec 2016 #1

I doubt it will be any of those people ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #2

Booker (51 years old, good speaker) seems like a good value if one is placing bets. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #3

I like Booker meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #5

Obama's at 59% approval, Trump is at 41%, and it's only going to go down from there. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #6

Trump has an approval rating of 41% meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #9

Obama's was at 68% at this point in 2008, nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #14

Well that's understandable meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #15

Conservative Republicans like what they're seeing from him thus far. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #18

I hate to say it ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #8

Purists have been decisive in exactly zero Democratic primary contests nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #16

I'm in agreement ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #20

Democrats need to learn to start talking to the nation as a whole again. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #21

Do the dems have any "rising stars"? meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #4

I don't know, but the party better identify and begin promoting them ASAP Auggie Dec 2016 #10

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I'm not sure I know of this person meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #17

we have plenty of rising stars, but when you are scared like we are now La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #22

Ugh, cuomo is not like his dad... dionysus Dec 2016 #46

He gets shit done crazycatlady Dec 2016 #50

Jesus H. Christ ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #51

That obviously wasn't what the poster meant. In context, it's crystal clear what was meant. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #53

Sure she is ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #54

Since you're up on him more than i am, isn't he involved in bridgegate somehow? dionysus Dec 2016 #63

Booker has reached his political peak. Exilednight Dec 2016 #59

Actually, I have heard Gavin Newsom thrown around as a possible candidate meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #7

Newsome is Lt. Governor of California and will run to replace Jerry Brown as Governor Auggie Dec 2016 #11

It's probably just as important to keep a good dem governing California meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #12

Gavin Newsom was my Board of Sups rep and later HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #26

Lightweight? RonniePudding Dec 2016 #32

Go ahead, run some lightweight like Julian Castro and see how badly he loses jfern Dec 2016 #42

SF easy to manage? Retrograde Dec 2016 #52

I don't think any San Francisco mayor sends the right message crazycatlady Dec 2016 #57

democrats are scared and hurting and are holding on to people for comfort La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #19

I don't know much about several of them, but I know this much... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #23

Can these genuises please fucking think about '17 and '18 FIRST? Blue_Tires Dec 2016 #24

that's what the DNC race is all about geek tragedy Dec 2016 #25

I'd rather have the House and Senate in 2018 and 2020 Retrograde Dec 2016 #36

Easier? Wabbajack_ Dec 2016 #60

I would be very disappointed in Booker dsc Dec 2016 #27

Remember when Booker claimed President Obama was being too hard on rich people? DemocraticWing Dec 2016 #29

If he's too connected with the wealthy, I won't support him. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #30

that too dsc Dec 2016 #31

We'll see how disappointed you are after 4 years of Trump RonniePudding Dec 2016 #33

Me too. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #37

It's Cuomo's race to lose if Bernie doesn't run. Booker would round out the top 3 and would be the coolbreeze77 Dec 2016 #28

My money is on Elizabeth Warren. And welcome to DU!! (eom) StevieM Dec 2016 #44

This is one of the most laughable polls I have seen. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2016 #34

Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg or another wealthy Democrat will run andym Dec 2016 #35

I could be totally wrong but I am guessing that Hillary Clinton will totodeinhere Dec 2016 #38

Hell to the No Txbluedog Dec 2016 #39

I agree that HRC is retired but give her a break. It is hard to lose an election where StevieM Dec 2016 #45

No, just no. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #41

I love Hillary but I think she is retired. And she has earned the rest after the horrible way that StevieM Dec 2016 #43

Sherrod Brown-Kamala Harris for 8 years. Followed by Harris and someone else for 8 years. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #40

2018 will be a referendum on the majority party, in this case Trumpublicans Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #48

Frankly Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #47

This party shouldn't be correlating ANY body this early bigdarryl Dec 2016 #49

We ought to look to the west coast for new leadership. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #55

Senate leader is from Nevada and House leader is from SF Bay area. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #56

Maybe. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #62

Did Kate Brown run for the job? geek tragedy Dec 2016 #64

Agree on all that. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #65

Curious to the wording of the questions. Exilednight Dec 2016 #58

NEWSOM Ztolkins Dec 2016 #61

Please, not Cory the Tory. KamaAina Dec 2016 #66